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Job Description

Overview

Valmont is seeking a highly motivated Sandblaster to join their Production department. The company is dedicated to advancing agricultural productivity and infrastructure while providing a supportive work environment for its employees.

Responsibilities

  • Shovels or pours abrasives such as sand, grit, or shot into machine hopper.
  • Adjusts valves on equipment to regulate pressure and composition of abrasive mixture flowing through nozzle.
  • Starts equipment that directs blast or flow of abrasive-laden compressed air over surface of parts.
  • Directs nozzle over surface of large parts until prescribed areas are thoroughly abraded to specification.
  • Reads and interprets blueprints and lays out area for blasting; examines finished parts to ensure conformance to specifications.

Requirements

  • Minimum six months experience of sand or shot blasting in a metals production operation.
  • Skilled and proficient in setting and operating sandblasting equipment.
  • Knowledge of how the blasting material abrades surfaces to remove adhering scale, sand, paint, grease, tar, rust, and dirt.
  • Understanding of containment requirements as established by the EPA and the company.
  • Ability to work in noisy, high-temperature conditions.
  • Repetitive lifting (up to 50 lbs. on occasion), stooping, reaching, pulling, standing, pushing, and grasping are required.
  • Must be a person of passion and integrity with the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

Additional Information

  • 1st Shift: Monday to Friday from 5:00am to 1:45pm
  • 2nd Shift: Monday to Friday from 4:00pm to 12:45am

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, where the middle half runs $22–$32/hr across 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 16% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 326 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 187 different employers. 120 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 708 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Valmont Industries, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (24), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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